Great day at the Quarry off Catalina w/ few pics:

[David P]

butterfly? as in Chaetodon? here? hmmm interesting.

 

[sirthx]

butterfly? as in Chaetodon? here? hmmm interesting.

Yeah, apparently they made their way here during an El Nino season a few years ago. Not many folks expected them to live, let alone re-produce, but now a couple new pairs (or at least one new pair) have been found so who knows. Maybe they'll flourish!

 

[David P]

ya know, I think I heard that when I did my first check out dives... never saw them and just forgot the story.